Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping on the Delhi border for several weeks, demanding the repeal of laws that they claim will lead to the weakening of the minimum support price (MSP) system. .
The three contentious laws are the Trade in Agricultural Products and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Act of 2020, the Essential Products (Amendment) Act of 2020 and the Farmers Agreement (Empowerment and Protection) on Price Guarantee and Agricultural Services of 2020.
On Tuesday, the supreme court had suspended the implementation of the three central laws until further orders and announced the formation of a committee to hear farmers’ complaints and government opinion.
In addition to Mann, Shetkari Sanghatana (Maharashtra) President Anil Ghanwat, Pramod Kumar Joshi of the International Food Policy Research Institute and agricultural economist Ashok Gulati were named to the panel.
After the last meeting, Tomar had said: “Today’s discussions were related to the three laws, but no decision could be reached. The government repeatedly asked the unions to suggest a different alternative to repeal, and the government would consider it. But even after a long discussion, no alternative was presented. Therefore, today the discussion was ended ”.
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